Let's hope our state's legislature is not planning on making us live down
to this stereotype.


 Southern Engineering Exam


1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a

persimmon tree that will

support a 10 pound possum.



2. Which of the following cars will rust out

the quickest when placed on

blocks in the yard? '66 Ford Fairlane, '69

Chevy Chevelle, '64 Pontiac GTO.



3. If your uncle builds a still that operates

at a capacity of 20 gallons

of shine per hour, how many car radiators are

necessary to condense the

product?



4. A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that

operates at 2700 rpm. The density

of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested

is 470 per acre. The plot is 23

acres in size. The average tree diameter is

14". How many Bud Tall-Boys will

it take to cut the trees?



5. If every old refrigerator in the state

vented a charge of R-12

simultaneously, what would be the decrease in

the ozone layer?



6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine

on 24-inch centers with a field

rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the

porch length is 16 feet. The

floor is 1 inch rough sawn pine. When it

collapses, how many dogs will be

killed?



7. A man owns a house and 3.7 acres of land

in a hollow with an average

slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can

each of the children place a mobile

home on the man's land?




8. A 2-ton pulpwood truck is overloaded and

proceeding down a steep grade

on a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes

fail. Given the average traffic

loading of secondary roads, how many people will

swerve to avoid the truck before it

crashes at the bottom of the mountain? For

extra credit, how many of the

vehicles that swerved will have mufflers and

uncracked windshields?



9. A chemical plant operates a NFPA Class 1,

Division 2 Hazardous Area. The

plant employs 120 per shift. A gas warning is

issued at the beginning of 3rd

shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels

will be smoked during the shift?



10. At a reduction in gene pool variability

rate of 7.5% per generation,

how long will it take a town that has been

bypassed by the interstate to breed

a country-western singer?


John A. Lynch, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, #2252
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598


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